Rachel McAdams

One would never accuse famed press-shy, prodigal film genius Terrence Malick of being hurried in either his storytelling or his carefully chosen, infrequent projects. Known in shorthand as the young 1970s turk who followed that decade’s downbeat, existential turn in American cinema to its lowest pulse rate in the meticulous classics Badlands and Days of Heaven – films without a specific cause to r...[Read More]

As Valentine’s Day nears, a plethora of romantic movies swarm cable television and theatres designed to put us in the mood for love. The Vow, starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, is a romantic drama based on true life events about a married couple dealing with the trauma of a car accident. After watching The Vow, I left the theatre feeling melancholy rather than cheerful in hopes for the ye...[Read More]

Like most people, I was dubious at first about Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes back in 2009. The idea of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s master sleuth being turned into an action hero seemed like some kind of cultural sacrilege. But when the film came out and received surprisingly positive reviews, I went to see it, and I am glad that I did. Although the filmmakers had pumped up Doyle’s brief mentions of H...[Read More]